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Jeff Stryker (born Charles Casper Peyton, August 21, 1962) is an American
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who has starred in bisexual, gay, and straight
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. He lives in California.


Early life

Jeff Stryker grew up in Springfield, Illinois. His father was a car salesman and his mother was a nurse. At age 13, he was sent to military school by his parents, who got a divorce while he was away.


Pre-film career

Jeff Stryker worked as a stripper and delivered balloon-o-grams before a local photographer sent shots of him to gay adult film director John Travis in California."Jeff Stryker: Porn's Enigmatic Star"The Rialto Report
December 1, 2013


Film career and sexuality

Stryker is primarily known as a performer in
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films, although ''Jamie Loves Jeff'' was one of the biggest selling heterosexual adult movies of all time for its producer,
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. He describes himself (in a somewhat joking fashion) as sexually "universal". He has also said, "I don’t define myself as anything." He also tried acting, starring in a 1989 Italian-produced horror film called ''
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'' (Revenge of the Zombies), in which he was credited as Chuck Peyton. Later in the American DVD release, the name Jeff Stryker was used as well. A trailer interview was added with Stryker describing the experience he had while shooting this movie in Manila. Stryker also starred in the short film by German cult director
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''Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?'' Stryker also appeared in a 1995 German television movie ''The Black Curse'' starring James Brolin, as well as the 1988 Italian feature ''Dirty Love''.


Awards and tributes

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Hall of Fame inductee * 2000 Grabby Wall of Fame inductee * 2004
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Porn Walk of Fame * 1986
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Best Actor (Gay) * Stryker was featured in a 1991 portrait by artists
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.


Merchandising

The Jeff Stryker Cock and Balls, a
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fashioned from a cast of his penis, is widely sold in sex stores. The dildo was academically analyzed in a paper presented at the 1995
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Conference in Cultural Studies: ''Lesbian Pornography and Transformation: Foucault, Bourdieu, and de Certeau Make Sense of the Jeff Stryker Dildo'', by Mary T. Conway, then a graduate student at Temple University. The sex toy is notable not only for being popular, but also as Stryker and the manufacturer of the item litigated for the rights to its likeness as part of Stryker's
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. The case eventually reached a mutually acceptable resolution (see ). In a 1999 ''
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'' article written by Jeff Stryker, a New York journalist and the porn actor's namesake, the dildo is even described as an object of higher culture. It was mentioned in
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' 1997 novel ''Plays Well with Others'', where the novel's narrator cleans up a closet filled with dildos, the premium find being "a Jeff Stryker, a monster, but somehow Roman in its genial fluted civic beauty." Stryker has released a country music album titled ''Wild Buck''. In his pornographic video ''Bigger Than Life'', he performed a rock song of the same name.


Reaction from other celebrities

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called Jeff Stryker “the
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of porno.” * American comedian
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's routines involve her love for his films. In her show, ''Assassin'', she discusses in detail the many places one can use the dildo. Stryker had given Cho his commercially produced action figure. * In her autobiography,
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describes him as “handsome but rather dumb looking” after he gave her scornful looks backstage during a
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Fashion show.


Legal battles

Stryker later sued Health Devices Inc. and California Publishers Liquidating Corp. for over $1 million for breach of contract and piracy when they sold a bootleg dildo of his genitals without paying him sufficiently. The case was heard before a judge in Los Angeles, who eventually brokered a deal whereby the case was dismissed upon payment of $25,000 to Stryker and the return and right to reproduce all items which Stryker endorsed. Stryker has had arguments with Kulak's Woodshed, a folk-music nightclub, that is next door to his office. He claims that the club causes disturbance normally associated with large late-night urban venues: noise, drugs, unruly patrons, vandalism, graffiti, public urination and parking headaches. James Britton, who operates a floor covering business on the other side of the club, also complains that the club has damaged his business. In January 2009, the ''L.A. Weekly'' reported that Stryker blamed the nightclub for preventing him from completing his autobiography, as the noise and crowds disturbed his concentration. “(My writing has) been put on perpetual hold until I can get myself back together,” he told the newspaper. “I got a $25,000 advance on (the book) but could never complete it.” But Paul Kulak counter claims (according to the ''L.A. Weekly'') that Stryker has made threats to him and the club's customers: “He constantly reminds me he’s a firearms expert and will hide behind his back door when I dump the trash. Once, he started making mechanical gun clicks. I could see he had a pistol in his hand as he was dry-firing it... I’m willing to risk my life to keep this
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going.” Stryker responded to Kulak's claim and was quoted as saying, "That guy is so out there!"


Stage shows

Stryker appeared in ''A Sophisticated Evening with Jeff Stryker'' in Los Angeles, Summer 2006 and in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Summer 2007.Michael Persson, "From the Editor", ''Provincetown Magazine'' Vol. 30, issue 19, August 16, 2007. The show was produced by comedy writer
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. In the show, Stryker performed a comic monologue about his life and adventures in adult films, conducted a "porn acting demo" comedy skit with an audience member, and danced in a nude finale where he greeted the audience. From 1999 through 2001, Stryker performed in a stage show called ''Hard Time'', a comedy send-up of gay porn prison films. In the finale, Stryker danced nude. After the play, Stryker met with the audience at the door. The show toured several cities including New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Houston.


Selected filmography


Gay and solo

* ''Jeff Stryker Does Hard Time'' 2001 * ''Stryker'' 2000 solo/masturbation * ''Jeff Stryker’s Underground'' 1997 * ''Santa’s Cummin’!'' 1996 solo/masturbation * ''J.S. Big Time'' 1995 * ''The Tease'' 1994 solo/masturbation * ''How to Enlarge Your Penis'' 1993 solo/masturbation * ''10 Plus'' 1992 solo/masturbation * ''10 Plus Volume 2'' 1992 solo/masturbation * ''Busted'' 1991 * ''In Hot Pursuit'' 1991 * ''Powertool 2: Breaking Out'' * ''Just You & Me'' 1990 solo/masturbation * ''On the Rocks'' 1990 * ''Stryker’s Best: Powerful Sex'' 1989 * ''The Look'' 1987 * ''Stryker Force'' 1987 * ''In Hot Pursuit'' 1987 * '' 2'' 1987 * ''Powertool'' 1986 * ''Bigger Than Life '' 1986


Straight

* ''Stryker/Ryker in "RAW"'' * ''Jamie Loves Jeff'' * ''Cummin' Together'' * ''Dreaming of You'' * ''Heiress'' * ''Jamie Loves Jeff 2'' * ''Cyberstud" * ''Jeff Stryker's Favorite Sexual Positions'' 1992 * ''Milk and Honey'' * ''Take Me'' * ''The Rebel'' * ''The Giant'' * ''In Your Wildest Dreams''


Bisexual

* ''The Switch Is On'' 1987 * ''Every Which Way'' 1990


Other/non-porn

* ''Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?'' 1999 comedy short by
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* ''
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'' (also known as '' Zombie 4: After Death'') 1989 * ''Dirty Love'' 1988 * ''Circus of Books'', a 2019 documentary by Rachel Mason, features an interview with Stryker. The film focuses on the Los Angeles bookstores and porn shops Circus of Books, operated by Karen Mason and Barry Mason. Stryker worked with the Masons and did book and video signings at the shop.


See also

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References


External links

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"Jeff Stryker: Porn's Enigmatic Star"
December 2013 interview on ''
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